{"id":77780,"date":"2021-10-27T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T20:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77780"},"modified":"2021-10-27T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T20:59:26","slug":"earrings-of-madame-de-the-madame-de-diamond-earrings-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77780","title":{"rendered":"Earrings of Madame De&#8230;, The \/ Madame  De&#8230; \/ Diamond Earrings (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve gotten a bit lost in all your stories.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster-209x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster-714x1024.png 714w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster-89x128.png 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster-768x1102.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster-188x270.png 188w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Poster.png 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the pampered wife (Danielle Darrieux) of a general (Charles Boyer) secretly sells a pair of earrings to cover some debts, she unleashes a series of lies and duplicities which are compounded when she falls in love with an Italian baron (Vittorio De Sica) and is given the earrings back as a gift from him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Boyer Films<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Darrieux Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Max Ophuls Films<\/li>\n<li>Vittorio De Sica Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;breathlessly beautiful Max Oph\u00fcls film about <em>&#8216;un grand amour,&#8217;<\/em> a love of the heart&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;adapted from a novel by Louise de Vilmorin&#8221;, who claimed the filmmakers &#8220;didn&#8217;t get one thing right&#8221; &#8212; has &#8220;elements of a standard melodrama or even a silly farce (in which a husband keeps buying the same earrings):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Earrings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Earrings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Earrings.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Earrings-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Earrings-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Earrings-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but Oph\u00fcls&#8217;s presentation is so elegant&#8230; and the actors are so classy that we&#8217;re soon caught up in the romance and are vicariously experiencing the lovers&#8217; simultaneous feelings of pleasure and anguish.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Waltz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Waltz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Waltz.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Waltz-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Waltz-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Waltz-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that &#8220;Danielle Darrieux gives an exquisite performance as the frivolous, fickle wife of a humorless general,&#8221; who secretly buys back the earrings &#8220;and gives them to his mistress, who eventually sells them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Mistress.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Mistress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Mistress.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Mistress-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Mistress-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Mistress-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Equally impressive (though less central) are the performances by both Boyer and De Sica, who artfully embody their upper-crust characters in ways that consistently feel plausible. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer-De-Sica.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer-De-Sica.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer-De-Sica.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer-De-Sica-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer-De-Sica-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer-De-Sica-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the true &#8220;star&#8221; of the show (as always) is Oph\u00fcls&#8217;s vision and camerawork. Working in collaboration with his incredible team (including DP Christian Matras), Oph\u00fcls knew exactly what he was going for at each moment of the storyline, and brought that to fruition. This tragic classic remains well worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Danielle Darrieux as Louise<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Darrieux.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Darrieux.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Darrieux.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Darrieux-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Darrieux-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Darrieux-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Boyer as Andre<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Boyer2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vittorio De Sica as the Baron<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-De-Sica.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-De-Sica.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-De-Sica.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-De-Sica-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-De-Sica-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-De-Sica-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stunning cinematography and direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Closet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Closet.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Closet.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Closet-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Closet-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Closet-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Trio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Trio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Trio.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Trio-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Trio-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Trio-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Walking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Walking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Walking.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Walking-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Walking-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Earrings-of-Madame-De-Walking-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>George Van Parys&#8217;s &#8220;splendid score&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a genuine classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046022\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/547-the-earrings-of-madame-de-the-cost-of-living\">Criterion Collection Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/2092\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/73815\/the-earrings-of-madame-de#articles-reviews?articleId=246814\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4256earr.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve gotten a bit lost in all your stories.&#8221; Synopsis: When the pampered wife (Danielle Darrieux) of a general (Charles Boyer) secretly sells a pair of earrings to cover some debts, she unleashes a series of lies and duplicities which are compounded when she falls in love with an Italian baron (Vittorio De Sica) and is given the earrings back as a gift from him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Charles Boyer Films Danielle Darrieux Films French Films Infidelity Love&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77780\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77780"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77798,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77780\/revisions\/77798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}